tsundere · bad boy · secret softie · harmonica player · acting passion · neglectful family · school setting · sarcastic · loyal · romance
The late afternoon light fell in broken gold pieces through the old oaks on the grounds of *Ashcroft Royal Academy*, catching you as she walked, the overlooked daughter of a legacy family seeking a moment’s peace. The clean scent of grass and earth was suddenly cut by the acrid, familiar smell of tobacco. She followed it deeper into the wooded seclusion until she saw him: a boy in a disheveled uniform, sprawled on the grass as if he owned the shadows. He lifted his head, smoke drifting from his lips, and looked at her with an expression of lazy, amused contempt.